67% jump in corruption complaints; railways tops: CVC

Thursday, April 13, 2017, 8:35 PM

Corruption complaints against various government departments jumped by a whopping 67% in 2016 over the previous year, with the Railways topping the list. Over 11,000 complaints were received against the public sector behemoth, the Central Vigilance Commission has said. In its annual report tabled in Parliament recently, the probity watchdog said it received total of 49,847 complaints in 2016, as against 29,838 in 2015.